This statistic displays the highest grossing non-concert feature documentaries at the UK and Irish box office from 2002 to 2018. The highest grossing non-concert feature documentary of all time at the UK box office, was Michael Moore’s "Fahrenheit 9/11," which grossed 6.5 million British pounds.
Highest grossing documentaries at the box office in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland from 2002 to 2018 (in million GBP)*
* Excludes concert performance documentaries, IMAX-only documentaries and shorts.
** "Fahrenheit 9/11" is regarded as the highest grossing feature documentary of all time because, even with price inflation, it is unlikely that any documentary films before 1989 will have earned more in nominal terms.
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British Film Institute. (July 25, 2019). Highest grossing documentaries at the box office in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland from 2002 to 2018 (in million GBP)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/296876/highest-grossing-documentaries-at-the-box-office-uk-ireland/
British Film Institute. "Highest grossing documentaries at the box office in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland from 2002 to 2018 (in million GBP)*." Chart. July 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/296876/highest-grossing-documentaries-at-the-box-office-uk-ireland/
British Film Institute. (2019). Highest grossing documentaries at the box office in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland from 2002 to 2018 (in million GBP)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/296876/highest-grossing-documentaries-at-the-box-office-uk-ireland/
British Film Institute. "Highest Grossing Documentaries at The Box Office in The United Kingdom (Uk) and Republic of Ireland from 2002 to 2018 (in Million Gbp)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/296876/highest-grossing-documentaries-at-the-box-office-uk-ireland/
British Film Institute, Highest grossing documentaries at the box office in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland from 2002 to 2018 (in million GBP)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/296876/highest-grossing-documentaries-at-the-box-office-uk-ireland/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Highest grossing documentaries at the box office in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland from 2002 to 2018 (in million GBP)* [Graph], British Film Institute, July 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/296876/highest-grossing-documentaries-at-the-box-office-uk-ireland/
